JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
January 2 06:23 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has commissioned another 270 trucks, other vehicles and equipment along with 470 new linesmen for t...
UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
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UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
January 2 05:45 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—General manager of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Robert Honeyghan, says the staging of the inaugural fireworks displa...
Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
January 2 04:58 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, January 2, ended trading at $159.47, down 26 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s da...
Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip
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January 2 04:44 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Tesla's sales fell in 2025, the company reported Friday, ceding its position as the world's biggest electric vehicle m...
Maduro says Venezuela open to talks with US, amid pressure
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP)—President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro on Thursday dodged a question about an alleged US attack on a dock in Venezuela but sai...

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October 1, 2005
Wednesday The JTA will, on Wednesday, begin hosting the first in a series of islandwide seminars for new teachers. The seminars are designed to inform...
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Modern miracle
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Sunday Observer reporter 
October 1, 2005
When 75-year-old David Scott, who has been a farmer all his life, lost his sight due to cataract two years ago, he had to give up the things he love m...
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Two men killed, one suspected of committing suicide
Observer Reporter 
October 1, 2005
Two men were shot dead while two persons were injured in separate incidents between Friday and yesterday morning in Kingston and Westmoreland. Accordi...
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No more delays, says Whiteman
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
October 1, 2005
The decision of government senators to defeat an Opposition proposal on Friday to send the Maintenance Bill to a joint select committee of both houses...
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PNP leadership contenders move into the home stretch
Observer Reporter 
October 1, 2005
Reinvigorated by the hype and energy of their just concluded 67th annual conference, candidates for the top leadership post in the ruling People's Nat...
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PJ’s journey
By Lloyd Williams Sunday Observer writer 
October 1, 2005
Percival Noel James Patterson tells the story of the time he was hosting an Independence Day anniversary reception one night at Vale Royal, the prime ...
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Jamaicans overseas to repair schools
Observer Reporter 
October 1, 2005
A group of Jamaicans in South Florida have undertaken to repair the Woodford Basic School in Kingston, and Epping Forest Primary School in St Elizabet...
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Eight children, wife robbed of breadwinner
TYRONE REID, Observer staff reporter 
September 30, 2005
THE quiet farming community of Sandy River in Kellits, Clarendon has been mourning since Wednesday, after receiving news of the death of William Bell,...
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Alleged American fugitive held in Negril
Observer Reporter 
September 30, 2005
An American citizen who allegedly fled his country's justice system is scheduled to appear in the Savanna-la-Mar Resident Magistrate's Court on Octobe...
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Many dreams died when Desmond McNeil was mowed down
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
September 30, 2005
Lennox Bigwoods, Westmoreland - Less than four months ago, 39-year-old Desmond "Dockey" McNeil said goodbye to his wife, mother and two daughters and ...
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19 women rescued from forced prostitution
AP 
September 30, 2005
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - Nineteen women were freed from a massage parlor where they allegedly had been forced into prostitution, police said yesterd...
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Regional chambers meet in Kingston today
Observer Reporter 
September 28, 2005
LEADERS of Jamaican and other Caribbean chambers of commerce will gather in Kingston today and tomorrow for their second regional assembly. The assemb...
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Britain to ban junk-food in schools
AP 
September 28, 2005
BRIGHTON, England (AP) - In Britain's schools, chocolate and chips will soon be history. The government announced plans yesterday to ban school cafete...
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Venezuela condemns US ruling on Posada
AP 
September 28, 2005
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela yesterday condemned a US court ruling that blocks the deportation of a Cuban militant wanted in the South American...
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Two J’can farm workers mowed down in Canada
Observer Reporter 
September 28, 2005
THE Ministry of Labour and Social Security said yesterday that as soon as initial police investigations are completed, the bodies of two Jamaicans kil...
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Police vow to boycott meetings with Jackson
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
September 27, 2005
THE Jamaica Police Federation, which has been locked in a yearlong wage dispute with government, says it will no longer be meeting with the administra...

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